History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Ancient life vs today
Compare how children in ancient Greece or Rome lived with how children live today — including differences in school (writing on wax tablets, learning to fight in Sparta), food (olives, bread, grapes), games, and clothing (tunics and sandals) — and understand these civilisations existed thousands of years ago
Quick check
Could the learner tell you what it might have been like to be a child in ancient Greece or Rome — what they wore, ate, or did at school — and how it was different from today?
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Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Name two ways a child's life in ancient Greece or Rome was different from today
- Describe what ancient Greek or Roman children might have eaten or worn
- Say that these civilisations existed thousands of years ago — long before grandparents were born
Topic // Map
Where this fits
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Before this
2 topicsAncient Greece & Rome // Ages 5 to 7
Comparing ancient life needs knowing where/when these civilisations were
Ancient Egypt // Ages 5 to 7
Comparing ancient lives benefits from prior exposure to Egyptian daily life comparison
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Ancient life vs today
Ages 5 to 7 // Concept
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1 topic- Athens Versus SpartaHelpful
Ancient Greece & Rome // Ages 7 to 9
Comparing city-states builds on comparing ancient vs modern life
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